Dingman Township supervisors accept bid to develop park

Thursday

Aug 7, 2014 at 4:15 PMAug 7, 2014 at 4:26 PM

Beth Brelje

Dingman Township supervisors this week accepted a bid from Stracka Construction of Peckville to develop a park at the Cornelia and Florence Bridge preserve at the corner of Route 6 and Twin Lakes Road, across Route 6 from the New Jersey Y camp.

Former Dingman Planning Commission member Charlie Bridge donated some 300 acres of land there, straddling Dingman and Milford townships. It is named after his wife and mother.

When Bridge died, he left $700,000 to Dingman to develop the land.The township plans a parking lot near a trailhead and several miles of a handicapped accessible trail.

There will be a pavilion and restrooms, plus interpretive signage describing local plants and animals. Construction could start this month.The first stage, the trailhead and parking lot, should be completed by the end of 2014, said Dingman Secretary Treasurer Karen Kleist.

Stracka Construction was the lowest bidder on the project at $450,568.